Robert Bloomfield - MIT Technology Review http://www.technologyreview.com/stream/26001/?sort=recent
enSecond Chance for Second Lifehttp://www.technologyreview.com/notebook/409222/second-chance-for-second-life/
<p>Virtual worlds need the freedom to self-correct, argues Robert Bloomfield.</p><p>During a summer of (virtual) scandals, lawyers and the press routinely referred to the financial markets of the immersive digital playground Second Life as “lawless” and “a Wild West”<em> (see “<a href="http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/19844/" target="_blank">The Fleecing of the Avatars</a>”). </em>The flip side of these derogatory terms is that Second Life is a libertarian’s dream. As one who studies financial markets, I hope regulators will give markets such as Second Life’s enough freedom for us to learn something about how to regulate real-world markets, and when not to try. </p>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:00:00 +0000http://www.technologyreview.com/notebook/409222/second-chance-for-second-life/